JD Vance To Replace John Thune As Senate Majority Leader?

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A new suggestion is going viral today saying that JD Vance can and should immediately step in and replace John Thune as Senate Majority Leader.

It’s a really compelling concept!

But I’ll break it all down for you about what it means and how it might actually work.

First, here’s the post that’s going viral:

And if you’ve been around here for a while, you know we don’t write articles just based on some random Tweet posted online.

We do our homework and we only bring you REAL stories about things that are actually happening.

And this one is real.

In fact, we even had Glenn Beck speaking with Sen. Mike Lee about it today on his show:

TRANSCRIPT:

Mike, is there anything, is there any procedure that allows J.D. Vance to take the leadership role? J.D. Vance can come to the Senate anytime he wants and immediately assume the position of the Presiding Officer chair.

There is, I’ve long believed, significant and under-utilized authority that comes with sitting in that chair. Just the ability to call the shots, uh, from moment to moment, to make procedural rulings, um, of which, uh, upon receiving, but, uh, not necessarily always, uh, guided by the advice of the parliamentarian.

The presiding officer, especially if the vice president can do what he wants. Um, no, but I, I, I would certainly welcome, uh, the vice president coming to do that, and I would also welcome each and every Republican senator, um, weighing in on this and encouraging Senate Republicans to do the right thing.

Look, I, I, I, I don’t want to speak for anyone else. I want to, don’t want to put words in any, any senator’s mouth. It is not my place, uh, to do that. But I, I will say this. Um, I do think that Jonathan wants to win the November elections.

I do think he wants to keep, uh, the both chambers of Congress in Republican hands. And based on my most recent conversations with him, including last night, I, I, I think he gets the fact that we can’t get on this bill and immediately start heading to cloture.

Let’s continue to encourage him, uh, to prolong debate on this as long as it takes to get it passed.

Thanks, Mike. I’m going to say something that Mike didn’t. I think, uh, I think Thune is a piece of garbage myself on this, um, and worthless.

And, uh, I would encourage the White House to encourage J.D. Vance to go over and assume the role. Get this done. If they’re not going to do it, encourage the vice president and the president to have the vice president walk in and say, “Thune, sit down.

Here’s what we’re going to do.” Uh, if that is constitutionally, if he’s able to do that constitutionally, it should be done.

If you read between the lines of what he is saying, he’s basically saying JD Vance can step in and basically bring his aura, but he can’t literally assume command as Senate Majority Leader.

I ran it by Grok, and Grok agrees.  Here’s how it could actually work in practice:

Constitutional Analysis: The Vice President and Senate Leadership

Here’s a clear, step-by-step breakdown based on the Constitution, Senate history, and how these roles actually work.

1. What the claim actually is

The X post (and Kirk’s 2024 idea that it echoes) argues that the Vice President has a “constitutional right” to step in as Senate Majority Leader — essentially taking control of the Senate floor, agenda, and leadership from the elected party leader (like Thune). It points to John Adams as precedent, saying he “presided over the Senate for four years” as VP. Kirk explicitly called Adams the “Senate Majority Leader” while VP and said Vance should do the same today.

This is a mix of half-truth and outright error.

2. Did John Adams “preside over the Senate for four years”?

Yes — but only in the constitutional sense of being President of the Senate, not as any kind of “Majority Leader.”

The Constitution (Article I, Section 3) makes the Vice President the President of the Senate automatically. Adams was the very first one (1789–1797 under Washington). His main jobs: preside over sessions when present and cast tie-breaking votes.

He did preside regularly, especially in the early years (First and Second Congresses). He cast 29–31 tie-breaking votes (the third-most in history at the time) and helped shape early Senate procedures and precedents.

 

He presided right up until February 15, 1797 (just before his own inauguration as President). So it was basically his full 8-year VP term, not exactly “four years” — though he was more hands-on at the start and pulled back later because senators resented a non-Senator telling them what to do.

Historical records and contemporary accounts confirm he was active as presiding officer and even irritated some senators by lecturing or debating from the chair.

Crucial point: There was no such thing as Senate Majority Leader in Adams’ era (or for the next 130+ years). The role didn’t exist. The Senate had a President pro tempore (chosen by senators when the VP was absent), but party floor leaders as we know them today evolved much later.

3. When and how did the Senate Majority Leader position actually get created?

The Majority Leader is not in the Constitution at all. It’s a modern party invention.

It developed gradually in the late 1800s/early 1900s as parties needed someone to manage the floor, set the agenda, schedule votes, and handle committee assignments.

Democrats started electing floor leaders around 1913–1920; Republicans made it official in 1925 (Charles Curtis is usually cited as the first formal Republican Majority Leader).

By the 1930s–1940s, the rules solidified: the Majority Leader gets first recognition on the floor, controls the legislative calendar, etc.

Adams literally could not have been “Senate Majority Leader” because the job hadn’t been invented yet. Kirk’s phrasing (“John Adams presided over the U.S. Senate as Senate Majority Leader 200 years ago”) is simply wrong — it’s conflating the constitutional presiding officer role with a 20th-century party position.

4. Can VP JD Vance legally “replace” Thune (or anyone) as Majority Leader today?

No — there is zero constitutional, legal, or procedural path for this. The VP’s Senate role is strictly limited and separate:

Constitution: President of the Senate

Presides and breaks ties only. That’s it. No power to set the agenda, recognize speakers, appoint committees, or run the chamber day-to-day.

In practice since the mid-20th century, VPs almost never preside except for big ceremonial moments or tie votes. The President pro tempore (or another senator) handles routine presiding.

Senate rules (not the Constitution) give real power to the Majority Leader.

Majority Leader is an internal party job

Elected exclusively by the majority party’s senators in their conference/caucus (Republicans in this case).

It’s held by a sitting U.S. Senator. The VP is not a Senator — he’s an executive-branch officer who happens to preside ex officio.

The Senate (and each party) chooses its own officers and leaders. The VP has no vote in the Republican conference and no authority to “fire” or replace the elected leader.

No precedent, no mechanism, and it would violate separation of powers

No Vice President in history has ever served as (or claimed to be) Majority Leader.

Giving the VP (executive branch) control over the Senate’s agenda and operations would blur the lines the Founders deliberately drew. Early senators pushed back against even Adams’ limited involvement for exactly this reason.

Senate rules and precedents give the elected Majority Leader the tools (recognition rights, scheduling, etc.). The VP sitting in the chair doesn’t override that.